A nice girl like Abigail
Abigail Bosanko’s new book is a romance aimed at the professional female. But it includes whisky tasting notes and its central character is a whisky expert. What’s going on?
On the face of it A Nice Girl Like Me would seem to be a typical girlie novel. Itâs got a pink cover. Itâs about a woman married to an older man but is romantically drawn to a young, dashing, handsome buck. Will she or wonât she?
And to be honest, do we really care? Not if weâre male we donât.
Hang on a minute, though; isnât that a quote from Charlie MacLean? Arenât those tasting notes? And have I read that right?
The woman narrating the story seems not only to be a bit of an expert on whisky but actually works for what is called in the book the Edinbugh Malt Whisky Society.
And thereâs more: who on earth is this referring to when it talks of Dodgio? Where do these references to pink whisky come from? And is it my imagination, but are the conversations between traditional whisky drinkers and the younger ones who want to, among other things, add ice to their whisky, serve as a metaphor for the romantic cross-generation comings and goings in the rest of the book?
Novelist Abigail Bosankoâs new book, published in September, might be all frothy waves on the surface, but underneath issues seethe like angry currents. In the Autumn, U.K. womenâs magazine Marie Claire will give away her last book on its cover and promote A Nice Girl Like Me inside. And thereâs the rub â Abigail, or rather our heroine Emily, isnât such a nice girl after all.
In fact sheâs metaphorically going in to battle on two fronts; against the old guard of the whisky industry who.....
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By Abigail Bosanko
Section : Whisky Trends
Page number : 24
